|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pretentious Kneecap (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Rivers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rivers has chosen start from scratch as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
 |
|
 |
| 170 cm
19
135 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
|
178 cm
19
157 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin |
|
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank |
|
| |
|
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pretentious Kneecap!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tom Rivers!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Illya Tyunina and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rivers needs to keep his hands up - Kneecap had a free shot at his head there.
Kneecap has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Keyboard Warriors in the buildup to the fight.
Kneecap scores with a sloppy right hand. Rivers should have avoided that one.
Kneecap misses with a low kick.
Kneecap throws out a leg kick but Rivers moves out of range and Kneecap only half commits.
Kneecap throws out a loose jab but Rivers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rivers looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kneecap takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Rivers fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kneecap throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rivers sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kneecap loads up on a big right hand but Rivers slips the punch.
Rivers staying out of range there.
Kneecap takes a swing at Rivers's ribcage but misses.
Kneecap lands a lovely overhand right.
Rivers drops his hands momentarily and Kneecap takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Kneecap lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rivers misses with a hook. Kneecap ducked under it nicely.
Kneecap smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kneecap lands a right hook to the body.
Rivers misses with a hook. Kneecap ducked under it nicely.
Rivers scores with a jab to the body.
Rivers jabbing away but nothing is landing.
An attempted straight right counter from Kneecap misses the target.
Kneecap will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kneecap moves out of range as Rivers strikes.
Kneecap misses with a leg kick.
Rivers clinches.
Rivers throws a head punch that misses.
Rivers tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rivers misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kneecap.
Kneecap has a couple of punches blocked by Rivers.
Kneecap makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kneecap just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rivers's brow.
Kneecap tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rivers breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kneecap takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kneecap lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kneecap misses with a hook to the body
and Rivers cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rivers stalks Kneecap and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Kneecap's face. Kneecap staggers backwards, shaken.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rivers thuds a left hand into Kneecap's body.
Kneecap ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kneecap clobbers Rivers with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kneecap is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivers avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rivers throws a hook but Kneecap avoids it easily.
Rivers takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kneecap uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rivers.
Rivers on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kneecap lands with an overhand left.
Kneecap scores with a nice right hand.
Rivers throws a hook to the side of Kneecap's head but Kneecap sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kneecap swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rivers throws a shot from downtown. Kneecap moves away and avoids it.
Rivers defending well as Kneecap loads up on a big left hand.
A shot to the liver by Rivers. Beautiful body shot.
Kneecap throws a hook but Rivers avoids it easily.
Rivers is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jab from Kneecap.
Kneecap throws a body punch but Rivers moves out of range.
Rivers throws an overhand right that lands on Kneecap's shoulder, as Kneecap tries to avoid the shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivers uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kneecap.
Kneecap lands with a good body shot.
Kneecap throws the left hand but Rivers avoids the punch easily.
Kneecap throws a body shot but no joy.
Kneecap swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A slow jab from Rivers misses its intended target.
Kneecap misses with a looping left.
Rivers is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kneecap with a body shot.
Kneecap misses with a hook. Rivers ducked under it nicely.
Kneecap throws a big shot that misses.
Kneecap throws a body shot but no joy.
Rivers keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kneecap.
A big left from Kneecap misses.
Kneecap looks to score with a jab to the body but Rivers is just out of range.
Rivers checks a leg kick.
It seemed like Rivers was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kneecap scores with a nice strike.
Kneecap wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kneecap swings for the body but Rivers moves out of range.
Kneecap throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rivers slips a jab from Kneecap.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivers misses with a body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Kneecap on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Rivers moves forwards but Kneecap connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kneecap misses with a looping left.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rivers checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Kneecap avoids the body shot from Rivers.
Rivers avoids a kick to the body.
Kneecap takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kneecap looks to throw the jab but Rivers is out of range.
A little jabbing left from Rivers on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Pretentious Kneecap seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kneecap with a jab.
A big left from Kneecap misses.
Kneecap digs a good hook to Rivers's body.
Rivers's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kneecap under the eye.
Kneecap listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kneecap blocks a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rivers misses with a body shot.
Kneecap throws a chopping leg kick but Rivers manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Rivers swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rivers blocks a jab.
Kneecap cracks Rivers with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pretentious Kneecap dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Rivers ducks under a wild hook from Kneecap.
Kneecap listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kneecap misses with an uppercut.
Rivers looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kneecap fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rivers manages to avoid it.
Kneecap keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kneecap misses with a hook to the body
and Rivers counters with a straight right hand.
Rivers misses the shot to the body.
Rivers defending well as Kneecap loads up on a big left hand.
Kneecap misses with a wild body shot.
Kneecap lands with a cross.
Kneecap just misses with a punch to the body.
Rivers throws a shot from downtown. Kneecap moves away and avoids it.
Kneecap works Rivers's body with a nice hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kneecap lands with an uppercut that bounces Rivers off the cage and back into range.
Kneecap throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kneecap smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kneecap scores with a jab to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big left from Rivers misses.
Rivers throws a jab when Kneecap was well out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kneecap ducks right into an uppercut from Rivers.
Pretentious Kneecap is winning the standup battle so far.
Kneecap ducks under a wild hook from Rivers.
Kneecap throws a sloppy body shot
and Rivers counters with a stiff right hand.
Kneecap listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kneecap is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rivers can do to turn this around?
Kneecap scores with a jab to the body.
Kneecap connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kneecap uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rivers.
Kneecap lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Kneecap lands a nice hook to Rivers's body. Rivers takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rivers jabs Kneecap right on the nose. Kneecap blinks but takes it well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kneecap scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rivers doesn't seem bothered though.
Rivers uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kneecap.
Rivers looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rivers lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A jab from Kneecap misses.
Rivers missing with a left hand there. Kneecap was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
An attempted straight right counter from Kneecap misses the target.
Kneecap fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rivers manages to avoid it.
Kneecap lands a slapping body shot.
Kneecap jabs at Rivers's body.
Rivers ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneecap blocks a jab.
Rivers misses with a straight right.
Kneecap throws a body shot but no joy.
Rivers throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kneecap lands the left hand.
Rivers tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kneecap manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rivers lands with a nice combination. Kneecap backs away looking to recover.
Kneecap is rocked!
It looks like Pretentious Kneecap has been cut.
Rivers looks to score with a jab to the body but Kneecap is just out of range.
Oh Kneecap is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rivers has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kneecap misses with a body shot.
Rivers appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Kneecap seems to have got his legs back now.
Kneecap throws an off balance right hand
letting Rivers counter with a right hand.
Kneecap thuds a left hand into Rivers's body.
Rivers looks to land a right hand but Kneecap moved out of range.
Kneecap throws a hook but Rivers avoids it easily.
Rivers stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kneecap misses with a wild body shot.
Rivers misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kneecap.
Kneecap throws a good cross that connects.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneecap ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rivers moves away.
Rivers ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kneecap bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kneecap's corner calls for a 1-2. Kneecap obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kneecap misses with a straight left.
Good shot there by Kneecap.
Rivers digs a good hook to Kneecap's body.
Rivers takes one to the side of the head.
Rivers misses the shot to the body.
Kneecap looks to land a left hand but Rivers moved out of range nicely.
A slow jab from Rivers misses its intended target.
Kneecap lands a head shot.
Kneecap takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Rivers moves out of range of the leg kick from Kneecap.
Rivers uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kneecap.
Rivers uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kneecap.
A clash of legs there as Rivers blocks the low kick.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Kneecap here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
The fighters circling - Kneecap throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kneecap looks to land a left hand but Rivers moved out of range nicely.
Good exchange - Rivers coming out on top.
Kneecap scores with a hook.
Rivers misses the jab.
Kneecap scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kneecap swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kneecap throws a good cross that connects.
Rivers tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kneecap manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rivers moves away from the strike by Kneecap.
Rivers looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kneecap bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kneecap waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rivers.
Rivers missing with a left hand there. Kneecap was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
It looked like Kneecap was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Rivers.
Kneecap throws an overhand right that lands on Rivers's shoulder, as Rivers tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rivers throws out a loose jab but Kneecap uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kneecap slips under a jab from Rivers.
Kneecap looks to land a left hand but Rivers moved out of range nicely.
Rivers uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kneecap.
A countering left hand to the body from Rivers misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pretentious Kneecap dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Pretentious Kneecap's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Kneecap misses with an attempted mid kick.
A big right from Kneecap misses.
Kneecap misses with a looping right.
Rivers defending well as Kneecap loads up on a big left hand.
It seemed like Rivers was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kneecap lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rivers moves into range and clinches up with Kneecap.
Rivers misses with a body punch.
Kneecap tries to break the clinch but Rivers is controlling the position.
Kneecap throws a head punch that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Kneecap.
A head punch on the inside from Kneecap fails to land.
Kneecap misses with some punches.
A short body shot lands from Rivers as the two fighters clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kneecap blocking some punches.
Rivers pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rivers ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kneecap bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice uppercut there from Rivers.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers throws the left hand but Kneecap avoids the punch easily.
Kneecap misses the jab.
Kneecap catches Rivers with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A shot to the liver by Kneecap. Beautiful body shot.
Rivers needs to keep his hands up - Kneecap had a free shot at his head there.
Rivers misses the jab.
Kneecap waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rivers.
Kneecap lands a nice shot to the body.
Rivers has managed to clinch.
Kneecap misses with some punches.
Rivers breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rivers checks the leg kick.
Kneecap fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rivers manages to avoid it.
Kneecap scores with a jab to the jaw.
Rivers looks to land a right hand but Kneecap moved out of range.
Kneecap avoids the body shot from Rivers.
Kneecap fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kneecap misses with a low kick as Rivers jumps back.
Tom Rivers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pretentious Kneecap is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneecap lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rivers displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kneecap throws out the jab.
Kneecap misses with a left hand
and Rivers counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kneecap walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Rivers cracks Kneecap with a hook to the temple - Kneecap is on wobbly legs here! Rivers swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Kneecap falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Rivers wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Tom Rivers!
Tom Rivers was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
Pretentious Kneecap was interviewed post fight and said 'Dear Clinch Rapist--I'll round out my game and we'll dance again. '.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
95% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
